In our continuing Orwellian coverage, we present to you a BART fight captured on tape, which happened after midnight on New Year's Eve. Really now. We expect this kind of behavior on the 24-Divis or the 38-Geary, but not on BART. (It's classy and carpeted, for Christ's sake.) Anyway, we can't understand exactly what happened - although it looks, save the fearless citizen journalist, like a lot annoying people deserved a good punch or......

Yesterday, David Hazinski attempted to harness the awesome power of the world wide web with this colonel of wisdom about the currant state of journalism. In his op-ed peace for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, he informs us that such journalistic mediums as CNN YouTube debates, political blogs, and cellphone videos are, in a word, crap. At least when it comes to giving and receiving accurate, Pulitzer-worthy information. Granite, the only time we here at SFist......

We love when people send us little things that are going on in the city. It's that whole citizen journalism thing at it's best. Today, we have somebody who saw a recent development in a story in today's Examiner. Hey, and if you got something you think we'd find interesting, drop us a line at editor at sfist.com ...

Friend of SFist TMPP wrote to tell us about two new blogs in the local 'sphere. First would be his own project, now loosely based on that dude with the red paper clip, but with a deliciously sinful San Francisco twist, called "Take My Porn Please" (needless to say, potentially NSFW, but all nipples have been tastefully removed). From the FAQ:Q: Are you going to be trading up, a la One Red Paperclip? A: I......

First, a little politics. Nancy Pelosi calls for the declassification of her memo to the administration regarding secret surveillance of American citizens. Ann Harrison has an exhaustive first-person account on the recent medical marijuana dispensary raids. Executive Editor Chris Lopez softens the "Wiretap Scandal" headline at the Contra Costa Times. And Dan Gillmore is going non-profit and creating a Center for Citizen Journalism along with Cal Berkeley and Harvard, causing some to ask whither......

Well, it's official -- Dan Gillmor's "citizen journalism" project is here -- and it's called Bayosphere. Well get to that in a second. First, we'll let Dan introduce the project in his own words: The promise of the Internet was simple, but incredibly powerful: to be a medium through which we could connect and collaborate, for mutual benefit. It's happening. As the Net matures, we are learning to write as easily and fluently as......

Special, "Why does all the good stuff happen when we'll be out of town?" edition. We already mentioned this in our interview with Craig Newmark, but the cool kids (read: blog nerds) will be at the Citizen Journalism meet-and-greet at the Varnish Gallery at six and then yukking it up with the Onion at the 12 Galaxies at ten. If that doesn't interest you, head down to the Winchester Mystery House and a take......

We've been meaning to interview Craig Newmark for, like, six months -- ever since he dropped by SFist and left his phone number! Everyone here at SFist has used Craigslist for something, and we bet the vast majority of our readers have, too. Hell, SFist Cheshire was in 24 Hours on Craigslist, and when we first met, joked that he found "his car, his house, his job and his fiance on Craigslist." Well, he's......